Bootstrapping easy_install for python 2.6 on Windows
I had to setup Python 2.6 on Windows. And of course I wanted to use the magnificent Setuptools, specifically easy_install. Unfortunatelly there is only an msi for 2.5 on the website. But actually bootstrapping the 2.6 egg is not that hard:
Download the 2.6 egg from the setuptools download site. Put it in a temporary directory like c:\downloads\setuptools. Then unzip the egg to the same folder.
Open a command line, go to c:\downloads\setuptools and use the following command:
python -c "import sys; sys.path.insert(0, 'C:/Downloads/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg'); from setuptools.command.easy_install import bootstrap; sys.exit(bootstrap())"
That should be it.
September 4th, 2009 2:49 pm - IT
The official and easiest way to install setup tools is: Download and run
Comment on January 6, 2010 @ 19:01:31
Heh. You are right. By now there is indeed an installer for 2.6 available, not just the egg like it used to be. Thanks for pointing it out.
Comment on January 7, 2010 @ 00:57:57